Business Environment Analysis Environmental factors Common environmental factors include new tax laws‚ tariff limits‚ export laws‚ consumer trends‚ developing technology‚ new replacement products (i.e.‚ the iPod to the CD player)‚ laws concerning emissions‚ or a new competitor. Several popular frameworks exist to aid in identifying environmental factors. They are frequently used together. The first is PEST or PESTEL analysis‚ which looks at the political‚ economic‚ social and technological
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innumerable benefits but also had unintended detrimental effects on people and natural resources. Human activities have resulted in the disruption of social and communal harmony. Social impacts are the impacts of developmental interventions on human environment. Such impacts not only need to be identified and measured but also need to be managed in such a way that the positive externalities are maximized and the negative externalities are minimized. Social impact assessments help in understanding such
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The growth of ’legal transnationalism’‚ that is‚ the reach of law across nation-state borders and the impact of external political and legal pressures on nation-state law undermines the main foundations of sociology of law. Modern sociology of law has assumed an ’instrumentalist’ view of law as an agency of the modern directive state‚ but now it has to adjust to the state’s increasingly complex regulatory conditions. The kind of convergence theory that underpins analysis of much legal transnationalism
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Environmental Problems The poisoning of the world’s land‚ air‚ and water is the fastest-spreading disease of civilisation. It probably produces fewer headlines than wars‚ earthquakes and floods‚ but it is potentially one of history’s greatest dangers to human life on earth. If present trends continue for the next several decades‚ our planet will become uninhabitable. Overpopulation‚ pollution and energy consumption have created such planet-wide problems as massive deforestation‚ ozone depletion
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External Business Environments The external environment of a business converts inputs into outputs in order to make profits. However‚ the business does not exist in an empty space‚ but rather in an external environment consisting of varying factors outside the business. Factors that affect the external environment of a business include the economic system‚ the social system‚ the political system‚ the technological system‚ and the ecological system. The economic system deals with the organization
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2. (A) Two environmental problems that are associated with water diversion are decrease sediment downstream of dam and decreased water volume in waterways down/upstream. The decrease in sediments downstream of dams causes nutrients not to transfer so without valuable nutrients plant and animal growth is decreasing. The decrease in water volume in waterways is interfering with the reproductive cycle of plants and animals downstream. For example‚ the Chinook salmon aren’t able to spawn since there
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Individuals 4.1a- Equality One of the most important aspects of our legal system is the concept that everyone is equal before the law. There are certain aspects that result in a lack of equality. The fact that our legal system is adversarial is a major contributor. Because the nature of our legal system is competitive and confrontational‚ it is designed to determine where laws have been broken so punishment can be dealt out. The legal teams employed are also seeking for winning cases‚ gaining reputations
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Differences in Ethical‚ Legal‚ and Regulatory Issues in Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer Web Sites Like traditional brick-and-mortar establishments‚ business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) Web sites face ethical‚ legal‚ and regulatory concerns. Although both B2B and B2C sites share similarities in web-based jurisdictional issues and general ethical considerations‚ each site has its own specific concerns due to the end-user relationship of the consumer versus business
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Both the governmental and Non Governmental Organizations have been propagating afforestation programmes. Due to the industrial revolution many countries have seen the rapid decline in forests. Cutting of trees is not only a threat to the environment but also to the quality of life and to the economy also. Reasons for the decline in forests : Explosion of human and livestock population Increased demand of timer‚ and fuel wood Expansion of the agricultural land Construction of the infrastructure
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)‚ ‘the Philippines is one of the few countries in the world that is both a mega-diversity country and a biodiversity hotspot. It has fragile tropical ecosystems and is an outstanding biodiversity hotspot. The DENR has described the Philippines as the ‘hottest of hotspots’ in the world in terms of threats to its ‘mega diverse’ biodiversity. It highlighted the ‘urgent need to properly manage natural resources and protect the environment’. In a once
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